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Hello, fellow conscripts!

I'm getting into Guard, and wanted some help with a gunline list. Feel free to suggest, change, or tear this apart. THIS IS A ROUGH LIST. This is my idea so far:

Anti-tank/creature: 3 Lemans with all anti tank weapons, what weapons do I put on them?

Support: which HQs would buff my list? I was thinking Valhallan commander for "Send in the next wave" rule for endless conscript horde.

Anti infantry: heavy bolters, or Autocannons? Which ones?

Fodder: 100+ conscripts

Objective holders/fast attack: ROUGH RIDERS (in reserves until late game to not die early) or what else?

I want a lot of cheap infantry models so I am difficult to take off while dumping my points into the Lemans.

SitNW is pretty awful as you have to pay reinforcement points and your guys start far back, meaning you probably won't be doing much with them.

In terms of Leman Russes, I tend to go for either the standard Russ, Pask in a Vanquisher (which you won't really be able to do due to Cadian vs Valhallan), and Demolisher.

Honestly, conscripts are pretty crappy now. No special or heavy weapons, godawful leadership and stats, and the same points as standard Guardsmen. There's no reason to take Conscripts over Guardsmen.

What I've done in the past is take multiple squads of Guardsmen, blob them using the Strategem, and if you really need survivable troops, keep them in cover, use the Take Cover strategem and a psychic power to give them a 2+ save. Even if your psychic power doesn't go off you'll be rocking a 3+ save.